Alarm tones, music and their elements: A mixed methods analysis of reported waking sounds for the prevention of sleep inertia

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Mcfarlane, Stuart J, Garcia, Jair E, Verhagen, Darrin S, Dyer, Adrian G
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 12.04.2019
• Subjects: Data processing; Sleep; Sleep and wakefulness; Sound; Statistical analysis

Sleep inertia is a potentially dangerous reduction in human alertness and occurs 0-4 hours after waking. The type of sound people set as their alarm for waking has been shown to reduce the effects of sleep inertia, however, the elemental musical factors that underpin these waking sounds and their re...